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6 fastd - Fast and Secure Tunnelling Daemon
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9 fastd OPTION...
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12 fastd is a very small VPN daemon which tunnels IP packets and Ethernet
13 frames over UDP. It supports various modern encryption and authentica‐
14 tion schemes and can be used in many different network topologies (1:1,
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18 --help, -h
19 Shows a help text.
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21 --version, -v
22 Shows the fastd version.
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24 --daemon, -d
25 Runs fastd in the background.
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27 --pid-file <filename>
28 Writes fastd's PID to the specified file.
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30 --status-socket <socket>
31 Configure a socket to get fastd's status.
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33 --config, -c <filename>
34 Loads a config file. - can be specified to read a config file
35 from stdin. More than one config file can be loaded.
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37 --config-peer <filename>
38 Loads a config file for a single peer. The filename will be used
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41 --config-peer-dir <dir>
42 Loads all files from a directory as peer configs. On SIGHUP
43 fastd will reload peer directories.
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45 --user <user>
46 Sets the user to run fastd as.
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48 --group <group>
49 Sets the group to run fastd as.
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51 --log-level error|warn|info|verbose|debug|debug2
52 Sets the stderr log level; default is info if no alternative log
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55 --syslog-level error|warn|info|verbose|debug|debug2
56 Sets the log level for syslog output; default is not to use sys‐
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59 --syslog-ident <ident>
60 Sets the syslog identification; default is fastd.
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62 --hide-ip-addresses
63 Hides IP addresses in log output.
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65 --hide-mac-addresses
66 Hides MAC addresses in log output.
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68 --mode, -m tap|multitap|tun
69 Sets the mode of the interface; default is TAP mode.
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71 --interface, -i <name>
72 Sets the name of the TUN/TAP interface to use. If not specified,
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75 --mtu, -M <mtu>
76 Sets the MTU; must be at least 576.
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78 --bind, -b <address>[:<port>]
79 Sets the bind address. Address can be an IPv4 address or an IPv6
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83 By default fastd will to bind to a random port for both IPv4 and
84 IPv6. It is currently not possible to specify an IPv6 link-local
85 address on the command line.
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87 --protocol, -p <protocol>
88 Sets the handshake protocol. Currently the only protocol avail‐
89 able is ec25519-fhmqvc, which provides a secure authentication
90 of peers based on public/secret keys.
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92 --method <method>
93 Sets the encryption method.
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95 --forward
96 Enables forwarding of packets between peers; read the full docu‐
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99 --on-pre-up <command>
100 Sets a shell command to execute before interface creation.
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102 --on-up <command>
103 Sets a shell command to execute after interface creation.
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105 --on-down <command>
106 Sets a shell command to execute before interface destruction.
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108 --on-post-down <command>
109 Sets a shell command to execute after interface destruction.
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111 --on-connect <command>
112 Sets a shell command to execute when a handshake is sent to es‐
113 tablish a new connection.
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115 --on-establish <command>
116 Sets a shell command to execute when a new connection is estab‐
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119 --on-disestablish <command>
120 Sets a shell command to execute when a connection is lost.
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122 --on-verify <command>
123 Sets a shell command to execute to check a connection attempt by
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126 --verify-config
127 Checks the configuration and exits.
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129 --generate-key
130 Generates a new keypair.
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132 --show-key
133 Shows the public key corresponding to the configured secret.
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135 --machine-readable
136 Suppresses output of explaining text in the --show-key and
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140 The full documentation for fastd is available online at
141 https://gluon.readthedocs.io/.
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143 Additional resources can be found in the Wiki at https://github.com/Ne‐
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